41 So Esau (A)held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said [a]to himself, “(B)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

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  1. Genesis 27:41 Lit in his heart

41 Esau held a grudge(A) against Jacob(B) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(C) for my father are near; then I will kill(D) my brother Jacob.”(E)

42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(F) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(G)

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Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and (A)fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

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But Esau(A) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(B) And they wept.(C)

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